Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein answers questions from members of the media during a campaign stop at Humanist Hall in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

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Tuesday brought the news, via New York Magazine, that a group of "prominent computer scientists and election lawyers" had told Hillary Clinton's camp that she should ask for a vote recount in three swing states—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania—due to the possibility results "may have been manipulated or hacked." A series of reports Wednesday threw cold water on the theory. That hasn't dissuaded Jill Stein, or her followers, from picking up the ball: BuzzFeed reports that the Green Party presidential candidate on Thursday morning—and within fewer than 24 hours of trying—raised the $2.5 million she was looking for to cover the hefty filing fees for a recount in the aforementioned states, "where the data suggests a significant need to verify machine-counted vote totals," per the fundraising page. The filing deadline for Wisconsin is Friday.

As of this writing, her fundraising total stands at $2.67 million. The individual filing fees are: $1.1 million for Wisconsin, $600,000 for Michigan, and $500,000 for Pennsylvania. The fundraising page explains any recount cost would be borne by the state, but attorneys' fees and recount observers would bring the amount Stein needs to the $6 million-to-$7 million range. NBC News notes that after hitting $2.5 million, the fundraising goal on the page was changed to $4.5 million. The push to secure a recount "is not intended to help Hillary Clinton," the campaign tells BuzzFeed. "These recounts are part of an election integrity movement to attempt to shine a light on just how untrustworthy the US election system is."

Thanks, Ms. Stein, as you help send Forrest T and his republicon cronies to the hoosegow for election fraud.

HANKHILL

Nov 25, 2016 9:29 PM CST

HEY JILL HUSH!

scratchNsniff

Nov 25, 2016 7:00 PM CST

this is twice what she raised throughout her entire election campaign. Impossible for hillary to win, was landslide electoral with trump 306 so who is suddenly giving Jill more money in 2 days than she could raise in 2 years and what are they buying with it?